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Is there a single band/artist that EVERYONE can admit to liking?

― Choopy (Rahul Kamath), Thursday, 19 September 2002 19:41 (twenty-two years ago)

no. we've tried this before.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 19 September 2002 19:42 (twenty-two years ago)

There's not. Me and a mate tried to do it with singles, the best we could come up with was "Son of A Preacher Man".

― Dom Passantino (Dom Passantino), Thursday, 19 September 2002 19:43 (twenty-two years ago)

let's try Minuteman. there was widespread agreement on D.Boon...

― Julio Desouza (jdesouza), Thursday, 19 September 2002 19:44 (twenty-two years ago)

everyone seems to like the Beach Boys, or at least accept that Brian Wilson was a genius....this is a far cry from when i was growing up when it seemed like only people over 35 or extremely retarded had any time for them...when did the Beach Boys become trendy again, assuming they werent throughout the late 70s to early 90s (seemed to be the case, but then i was naive ill-informed and somewhat unenlightened mook then)

― blueski, Thursday, 19 September 2002 19:59 (twenty-two years ago)

I've never met anyone who disliked Otis Redding. I pity the fool that does, but I've not yet met him.

― andy, Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:06 (twenty-two years ago)

The Bay City Rollers. What's not to like? Great hair, Teenage Romance, bizarre Tartan theme!

― rms (rms), Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

doesn't everyone love gwar?

― mark p (Mark P), Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:13 (twenty-two years ago)

That too...sexcuse me

― rms (rms), Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Surely people don't not like The Supremes?

― alexfack, Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:16 (twenty-two years ago)

Surely everyone loves The Cure? (ducks and runs)

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:26 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't particularly like Otis Redding.

― DeRayMi, Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Never Loved Gene Vincent? ¥

― christoff (christoff), Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:27 (twenty-two years ago)

Is anyone gonna step up say they don't like Mission Of Burma??

― brg30 (brg30), Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:29 (twenty-two years ago)

oh yeah, i can't imagine anyone here not liking mission of burma...

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Chris Barrus hates them, therefore that candidate is quashed.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:34 (twenty-two years ago)

Pixies?

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:37 (twenty-two years ago)

Pixies?

Ugh.

― hstencil, Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Well shut my mouth.

― weasel diesel (K1l14n), Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:44 (twenty-two years ago)

Teg Nugent

― rms (rms), Thursday, 19 September 2002 20:46 (twenty-two years ago)

The Supremes were a godawful plague.

How about Iggy Pop?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:06 (twenty-two years ago)

How about the Stone Roses (c. 1989)? I don't see how anyone could not like their first album at least.

― Transient, Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:07 (twenty-two years ago)

iggy pop is useless.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:08 (twenty-two years ago)

Iggy pop is useless.

I agree. The Stooges are vastly overrated. And the Iggy-penned comments accompanying the re-mastered Raw Power album have got to be the most self-serving, self-aggrandizing liner notes I've ever seen.

― Rahul Kamath (Rahul Kamath), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:14 (twenty-two years ago)

Hey, doesn't everyone love nursery rhymes? they're catchy as all hell.

― Chemical Queen (Rahul Kamath), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:16 (twenty-two years ago)

my mott the hoople idm covers band with the robotic bear from disneyworld's 'jamboree' thing

― mitch lastnamewithheld (mitchlnw), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:17 (twenty-two years ago)

Useless, eh? Well, there's no accounting for taste I suppose......cretins.

How about NEW ORDER?

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:19 (twenty-two years ago)

New Order is GREBT!!!!!!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:20 (twenty-two years ago)

sorry alex, i'm just too mired in pabulum over here.

new order could be THE ONE. although i have my doubts.

― jess (dubplatestyle), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Everyone loves *some* Kraftwerk for sure.

― Simon, Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:24 (twenty-two years ago)

The answer is clear: Gene Loves Jezebel

― Motel Hell (vassifer), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:26 (twenty-two years ago)

Only a heartless person could take issue with Stevie Wonder's peak work, but there are heartless people in the world.

― wl (wl), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:28 (twenty-two years ago)

Stevie Wonder? Surely crap like "I Just Called to Say I Love You," and his participation in "That's What Friends Are For" and "Ebony & Ivory" negate any merit his "peak work" may have earned him.

― Alex in NYC (vassifer), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:32 (twenty-two years ago)

Everyone loves something by Ministry!

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:32 (twenty-two years ago)

No, I don't like New Order. It ain't the one y'all are looking for.

― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Kool and the Gang!!!

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:33 (twenty-two years ago)

Queen. obviously.

I could try Pulp I guess (ps. anyone in the UK seen the new BT Broadband ad?)...

― Charlie (Charlie), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

Wild and Peaceful is way the hell classic, but "Celebrate" comes hazardously close to negating it.

I know: JAMES BROWN

― Nate Patrin, Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

The Clash!!

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't recall anyone here saying anything bad about the Pixies. Though maybe I just don't read everything.

― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:36 (twenty-two years ago)

do people dislike "celebration" because of its constant prescence at weddings, bar mitzvahs, etc.? besides "she's so fresh" makes up for that immediately!

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

Aaron beats me to the punch re "Fresh" (exciting! she's so inviting to meeeeeee!)

I also don't recall anyone saying completely dismissing Public Enemy -- maybe their stuff after 1991, but not their entire oeuvre. Though I could be wrong.

― Tad (llamasfur), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:42 (twenty-two years ago)

the Beatles? I've only met one person in my life who claimed to completely hate the Beatles, but I suspected it was some kind of silly, reactionary thing...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:44 (twenty-two years ago)

well it's still hate so it would count (if they were posting here) (i think senior lurker DG hates the beatles: he's a silly, reactionary thing too haha)

pinefox hates public enemy (ok that's a guess but i will eat kelley deal if i'm wrong)

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:48 (twenty-two years ago)

I just saw Kool and the Gang over the summer in Baltimore. The crowd was mostly black and old enough to remember when those songs came out. This really added to the experience, as I would have hated to watch the show with anyone who though that liking Kool and the Gang was a way of being ironic.

Can I add... The Spinners, Harold Melvin and the Bluenotes, Chaka Khan?

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:50 (twenty-two years ago)

in that recent White Stripes MOJO article Jack White says something to the effect that "anyone who says they don't like the Beatles doesn't really like music." Which strikes me as kinda true, but on the other hand maybe this should just go under the "irritating things musicians say" thread...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:53 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't like the Beatles. The Pixies only strike me as okay, pretty good - I don't love them. I do like them much better than the Stone Roses, though. Has anyone shot down the Beach Boys yet? Mark is joking with the Clash, but I think Pulp and James Brown are still going. A few more worth trying: Little Richard, Al Green, Buzzcocks, Undertones, Shangri-Las, T. Rex.

― Martin Skidmore (Martin Skidmore), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:54 (twenty-two years ago)

I don't like Pulp, but I can get behind James Brown and the Beach Boys (although I'm skeptical that there isn't at least one Beach Boys hata out there, because I personally know a great many). Not gonna touch why you don't like the Beatles...

― Shakey Mo Collier, Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:56 (twenty-two years ago)

(i don't hate the clash, just some their songs and the way they ponce about) (so i wouldn't shoot em down here, except on the alex in nyc/stevie wonder principle up-thread, which is too harsh i think) (on the other hand i think there are several other more dedicated hatas than me)

― mark s (mark s), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

there have been a lot of threads regarding the beatles, and in general, it seems a lot of people can't come to terms with the idea that liking the beatles is something everybody HAS to do. I know that for me, personally, John Lennon's deification has affected my ability to listen to his solo work. But I am a pop loser, so I like McCartney more anyways.

― Aaron Grossman (aajjgg), Thursday, 19 September 2002 21:59 (twenty-two years ago)

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There are no popular AOR bands today.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:10 (eighteen years ago)

Os Mutantes?

Interestingly, if you google "I Hate Kraftwerk", most results are duplicates of someone saying "I Hate Kraftwerk... Not!"

― the next grozart, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:18 (eighteen years ago)

the only proper google hit for "i hate adam and the ants" is class:

A similar game to kippering is the game of 'Aaaaah'! To win a round of Aaaah, simply get someone to correct a blatantly false statement. For example;

A and B are listenind to the radio. Wham!'s hit single Careless Whisper begins playing.
A : I hate Adam and the Ants
B : This isn't Adam and...
A : Aaaaah!

http://www.playgroundlaw.com/cgi-bin/browse.pl?a=k&sa=20

― Alan, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:21 (eighteen years ago)

come on, who doesn't like slayer?

see? nobody.

― m the g, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:22 (eighteen years ago)

The Field, Fields, it all blurs into one shade of Hampshire puce.

Not like the good old days of the mighty FIELDS OF THE NEPHILIM!!!!!!

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:23 (eighteen years ago)

I dunno; I keep getting these indistinguishable promos in the mail - the Field, Field Music, Freezing Field etc. - and they all sound like bad Beta Band impersonations.

Really, if you can't hear the difference between The Field and Field Music, maybe its time to hang this whole "music" thing up, no?

― jon /via/ chi 2.0, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:23 (eighteen years ago)

In some cases, life really is too short.

Field Mice, though, they were a nifty combo.

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)

Whigfield?

― NickB, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:28 (eighteen years ago)

The Whigfields of the Nephilim would be awesome.

― NickB, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:29 (eighteen years ago)

Gracie Fields of the Nephilim.

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:31 (eighteen years ago)

There are no popular AOR bands today.

Yes there are. Any guitar music popular with people over 18 qualifies in this argument. Adam & His Ants are better than all of them.

― blueski, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:32 (eighteen years ago)

How about Field Mob, Field Day or Fieldwork? That word is starting to lose its meaning.

― the Dirt, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:36 (eighteen years ago)

High Fieldelity - the birth of a genre

― the Dirt, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:36 (eighteen years ago)

Or an even worse novel ("My top five fields" etc.).

― Marcello Carlin, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:38 (eighteen years ago)

There are no popular AOR bands today.

99% of British guitar music to thread.

― the next grozart, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:45 (eighteen years ago)

"Field" is the 2007 equivalent of last year's "Wolf". I propse Fieldwolf or Wolffield.

― the next grozart, Thursday, 19 April 2007 13:46 (eighteen years ago)

Field of AIDS

― modestmickey, Thursday, 19 April 2007 14:04 (eighteen years ago)

Beethoven's a good bet too, but I suspect you'd start a flame war with that on a classical music board

Huh? I'm sure some exist but, speaking as a classical musician, I've never met a classical musician or fan who didn't admire at least some Beethoven. Many people would say that some famous pieces like "Fur Elise" are overrated though.

― Sundar, Thursday, 19 April 2007 14:09 (eighteen years ago)

horace andy

― lfam, Thursday, 19 April 2007 18:32 (eighteen years ago)

I'm sure some exist but, speaking as a classical musician, I've never met a classical musician or fan who didn't admire at least some Beethoven.

Ditto. I've hardly ever heard anyone with bad things to say about LvB, discounting those who would foolishly write off classical music altogether.

― St3ve Go1db3rg, Thursday, 19 April 2007 19:27 (eighteen years ago)

99% of British guitar music to thread.

What wouldn't be classified as AOR in 1980 isn't AOR today either. Music is timeless. Genres don't change.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:51 (eighteen years ago)

Btw. Beethoven I did pick on purpose. You will have those who consider Bach and Handel "too pompous and affected", Mozart and Haydn "too simple and too twee" and most post-Beethoven classical "too complex".

Beethoven sort of fits between all those.

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:54 (eighteen years ago)

Mozart - "too simple". sure.

― willem, Thursday, 19 April 2007 20:57 (eighteen years ago)

Leonard Cohen!

― stephen, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:02 (eighteen years ago)

I've hardly ever heard anyone with bad things to say about LvB,

Chuck Berry? :)

discounting those who would foolishly write off classical music altogether.

Well, OK, that settles it :)

― Geir Hongro, Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:04 (eighteen years ago)

"Field" is the 2007 equivalent of last year's "Wolf". I propse Fieldwolf or Wolffield.

...on fire.

― Will M., Thursday, 19 April 2007 21:17 (eighteen years ago)

Leonard Cohen = over my dead body

― Sundar, Thursday, 19 April 2007 23:15 (eighteen years ago)

I'm embarrased to suggest ABBA, Elvis Presley got to me finally, I'll bet everybody likes at least one Dean Martin song, does anyone hate Madness? I think T Rex was probably the best suggestion

― roger whitaker, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:34 (eighteen years ago)

all those have their detractors.

no one's moaned about os mutantes yet.

or prince afaik.

― the next grozart, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:43 (eighteen years ago)

daft punk?

― the next grozart, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:43 (eighteen years ago)

If you'd suggested daft punk 3 years ago - I'd have agreed - but now I couldn't bear to listen to any track,

I'm off to find an os mutants track now - never heard of them :)

― roger whitaker, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:50 (eighteen years ago)

Ah yes, teh Os Mutants.

I gotta agree with Avalanches, though.

All different types of people go in for them. Even bogans.

― Drooone, Friday, 20 April 2007 01:54 (eighteen years ago)

You've gotta come at this thing sideways: apart from maybe Geir, I bet everyone here would at least sorta like Ayalew Mesfin's "Gud Aderegetchegn."

― nabisco, Friday, 20 April 2007 07:24 (eighteen years ago)

Never heard of it.

― Marcello Carlin, Friday, 20 April 2007 08:27 (eighteen years ago)

mmmmmm, based on the fragment here (track 14) I'm not convinced.

http://www.amazon.com/Ethiopiques-Vol-13-Ethiopian-Groove/dp/B00008VGND

― StanM, Friday, 20 April 2007 08:35 (eighteen years ago)

i'm not entirely convinced by the avalanches. it's a bit mild for me.

― the next grozart, Friday, 20 April 2007 09:19 (eighteen years ago)

i love 'frontier psychiatrist' but the rest of that avalanches album irritated the hell out of me

― lex pretend, Friday, 20 April 2007 09:22 (eighteen years ago)

os mutantes are OK, some good tunes.

avalanches are intolerable. unspeakable. shouldn't be allowed.

― m the g, Friday, 20 April 2007 09:43 (eighteen years ago)

Adam & The Ants were just about image, not music.

But but the tunes! Melodic ones, too! Goody Two Shoes, Ant Music, Prince Charming, all wonderful pop singles. Two drum kits, people!

― Mark C, Friday, 20 April 2007 14:54 (eighteen years ago)

aww nabisco, i <3 alayew mesfin!

― pretzel walrus, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:32 (eighteen years ago)

Actually I have heard it, I just didn't know the title or artist. I must check out some of those Ethiopiques compilations.

Good record that.

― Marcello Carlin, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:35 (eighteen years ago)

i just went through this whole thing and didn't see sly and the family stone, which is odd. but now that geir's here that might get shot down.

Haikunym said this. He is right. About both bits, sadly.

― Scik Mouthy, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:38 (eighteen years ago)

i'm not sure i like sly and the family stone either for some reason. Maybe I haven't heard enough but what I did hear wasn't quite as funky and tough as I'd expected it to be.

― the next grozart, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:42 (eighteen years ago)

wasn't being entirely serious with the LvB remark. What I mean is you'll probably get a whole other discussion about him on a classical music board. On here, there's simply not enough people who care.

Honestly, the only way this discussion could ever be relevant, would be if it were limited to popular music, and preferrably stuff that 'everyone' listens to. Not that hard to find something that no-one would object to simply on the account of never having heard it. "Who doesn't like Monk & Canatella?"

― the Dirt, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:49 (eighteen years ago)

not that I mean people've never heard Beethoven.

― the Dirt, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:49 (eighteen years ago)

The Klaxons, Oasis

― Ethan Gaymead, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:50 (eighteen years ago)

ooohoo, yeah it's hard to find someone who hates those guys

― the Dirt, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:51 (eighteen years ago)

Monk and Canatella were fab! Care In The Community - good record that.

― Marcello Carlin, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:52 (eighteen years ago)

xpost I love them both, for example.

Monk & Canatella were pretty good actually.

― the next grozart, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:52 (eighteen years ago)

Totally agree, love both albums (there aren't more, are there), plus the Terminalhead mixes. Hehe, maybe this is our golden band?

― the Dirt, Friday, 20 April 2007 15:56 (eighteen years ago)

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